UPCYCLING A BRIONVEGA DESK LAMP

Introduction

For our second vintage appliance upcycling project in The Shed, I decided to work on an iconic Italian appliance from the mid ’70s, a Brionvega desk lamp.

When I bought this lamp I was captivated by the design, so I decided to upcycle it, retaining the original style but trying to make it even better by updating it with contemporary technology.

The project itself is relatively easy in terms of electronic modifications, and the challenge is to achieve the upgrade with minimal changes to the original design aesthetic. This makes the project more complex of course, but I always follow the same principles: every upcycling project needs to use the space available inside the device without adding any external parts or